1. About LANGuardian

NetFort LANGuardian is deep packet inspection software for investigating, monitoring, and reporting on network activity. It is a passive network traffic analyser, not inline and cannot have an impact on network performance.

LANGuardian helps network administrators to:

Classify network traffic by application and by user

Troubleshoot bandwidth issues right across the network

Perform network or user forensics on past events

Investigate activity on Windows file shares

Keep track of user activity on the Internet

Detect Network Intrusions and Malicious Activity

The NetFort LANGuardian OVA image contains a 15 day, fully functional trial license. A further 15 day extension is available to you by contacting support@netfort.com

For those who wish to monitor traffic external to your virtual environment (e.g. from a SPAN session) contact support@netfort.com for assistance.

2. Pre Installation

If you are running a free version of ESX server please click on the link below which explains how to enable SSH which is required:

3. EULA

END-USER LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR:

NetFort LANGuardian OVA Deployment Wizard

IMPORTANT!

PLEASE READ THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THIS LICENSE AGREEMENT CAREFULLY.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED “AS IS”, WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL NETFORT TECHNOLOGIES BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

4. Installation

Step 1.

Running the Wizard

Run the file titled “NetFort LANGuardian OVA Deployment Wizard”

Depending on which operating system you use it may be necessary to run the installer with “Administrator” privileges or you may be presented with a “user account control dialog box”. Choose “allow” for the OVA installer to proceed.